TRES SCRIPTURAE

Etienne Guilloteau is developing an oeuvre centred on the relation between dance, music and light. In Tres Scripturae (2009), a creation for three dancers, a musician and a technician, he brings these distinct scripts into dialogue with one another. In his essay on Bunraku, Les Trois Écritures, semiotician Roland Barthes argues that this form of Japanese puppet theatre, by using a separate script for the puppets, the puppeteers and the narrator, sets itself against the dualistic metaphysics of Western theatre.

Guilloteau assigns the performance area to both lighting designer Hans Meijer, who openly manipulates the light and space, and pianist Alain Franco, who performs scores from the twentieth-century repertoire. By thus revealing the elements upholding the performance, Tres Scripturae triggers the audience’s active involvement.
With Tres Scripturae, Etienne Guilloteau has created an open space between illusion and deconstruction, intelligence and abstraction – a space in which spectators can give free rein to their sensibility and imagination.

Credits

Choreography: Etienne Guilloteau
With: Claire Croizé, Claire Godsmark, Etienne Guilloteau, Alain Franco, Hans Meijer
Piano: Alain Franco
Light design Hans Meijer
Production manager: Karolien Derwael
Presentation: Kunstenfestivaldesarts, La Raffinerie
Production: Action Scenique vzw (Antwerp)
Coproduction: Kunstenfestivaldesarts, workspacebrussels (Brussels), Monty (Antwerp)
In collaboration with: Buda (Kortrijk), Wp Zimmer (Antwerp), Les Brigittines (Brussels)
Many thanks to: Piano's Maene
With the support of: Vlaamse Overheid, Vlaamse Gemeenschapscommissie

DATES

Date

1/06/2011 - 10/06/2011 / Rosas

Date

21/04/2010 - 3/05/2010 / Les Brigittines

Date

15/02/2010 - 27/02/2010 / Rosas

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